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'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1870' [89r] (184/798)
The record is made up of 1 volume (395 folios). It was created in Dec 1869-Dec 1870. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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b ouring Arab tribes to make incursions into the Wahabee territories,
the limits of which were then being gradually extended under the
firm rule of Sheikh Toorkee. The fort of Tirhoot, a dependency of
Kuteef, fell into his hands by treachery in 1834, and Kuteef itself and
Ojair were strictly blockaded in the course of the following year. Up
to the middle of 1836 neither party had gained any material ad
vantage. Then came hesitation on Sheikh Abdoollas part, owing to
to a peremptory demand from the governor of Shiraz that he should
tender his submission to the Shah. Fearing in the future a possible
combination of Persia and Muscat against him, the Sheikh, by promise
of an annual tribute of 2,000 dollars, obtained from the Wahabee
Ameer an engagement to furnish a contingent against any invaders of
Bahrein, and to refrain from calling on his ally for vessels of war “
he purposed an attack against Muscat. On this the blockade of the
Wahabee ports was raised. The fortress of Tirhoot, however, was
still retained. Matters progressed smoothly till Ameer Fysul, with
vphom these conditions had been arranged, sought safety
in flight on the irruption of the Egyptian army into his
dominions. His General, Omer bin Oofeysan, asked for and received
protection at Bahrein. His surrender, as also the surrender of De-
maum and Tirhoot, were demanded by the usurper, Khalid, the
creature of the Egyptian Viceroy, but the Sheikh evaded the demand
under the excuse that he was a feudatory of Persia. To carry out the
pretence, overtures were made to the Shah, which resulted in the
despatch of an Envoy from Shiraz with a mandate and a dress of
honour for the Sheikh. His orders were to stay at Bahrein as Persian
Agent, and to transmit periodically the tribute which His Majesty
hoped, though vainly, to receive. At the same time, Sheikh Abdoolla
was equally liberal in his conduct to Korshid
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Egyptian
Commander, who was won over by a promise of an annual tribute of
2,000 dollars to undertake that he would not encroach on his terri
tories or his authority. The British Government, which at this time
was watching with anxiety the progress of the Egyptian troops, ex
postulated with the Sheikh on the way in which he was sacrificing his
independence. He admitted in answer that “ both himself and every
“ Arab detested the being at all connected with, or coming under the
“ rule of the Egyptians, and declared that, if the British Government
“ would give a distinct and written pledge to protect him and his
“ from all attacks and aggressions, he would drop all further con-
nexion with him (the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
), and avow himself a dependant of
“ Great Britain.” This assurance, however, he would not put in
writing, for fear of needlessly committing himself before he was secure
AD 1840 g uaran t ee which he wanted; and the speedy
withdrawal of the Egyptian army from Nejd made any
further negotiations on this subject unnecessary.
The dissensions amongst the various members of the ruling family
of Bahrein had by this time reached such a pitch as to give the
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Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1870. The letters are dated December 1869-December 1870. The abstracts each have one of the following titles:
- Abstracts of Secret Letters received from India
- Abstracts of Letters received from India
- Abstracts of Military Letters received from India
- Abstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar and Muscat
- Abstracts of Letters received from Aden
- Abstracts of Letters received from Muscat
- Abstracts of Letters received from Bushire [Bushehr]
- Abstracts of Letters received from Aden and Zanzibar
- Abstracts of Letters received from Bushire and Aden
- Abstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar and Aden.
Each abstract contains summaries of one or more letters from the specified source, each with a title giving the subject of the letter. Letters from India are divided within each abstract by the branch or department of the Government of India they originated from. The correspondence covers issues including:
- Pay, pensions, recruitment, and other personnel issues in the Indian Civil and Military establishments
- Public works, including: railways, including a proposed railway from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; roads; canals; irrigation; docks; and river embankments
- Revenue, expenditure, and taxation
- Land issues, including: the cultivation of cotton, cinchona, and silk; forestry; and coal mining
- Education
- Banking
- Telegraphy, including international telegraphic links to India
- Affairs concerning Princely States, including internal administration, debts, allowances, issues of succession, investment in railways, and territorial claims
- Issues around emigration from India to British and French colonies
- Legislative and judicial affairs, including the question of jurisdiction over British subjects in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- Military affairs, including the organisation and supply of military units and a proposed naval force for the Indian seas and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- Frontier affairs: relations with tribes on the Northwest and Northeast Frontiers and frontier raids
- Affairs in Persia [Iran], including: Persian claims to sovereignty over Bahrein [Bahrain] and objection to British actions in Bahrein; frontier disputes around Khelat [Kalat], Mekran [Makran], and Seistan [Sistan] and proposed arbitration of the Persian-Afghan border; anticipated food shortages and subsequent disturbances involving British subjects exporting grain from Bushire
- Affairs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, including: the consolidation of and challenges to the rule of Syud Azan [Azzān bin Qays Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; debates around British policy towards Syud Azan; confrontation between Muscat and the Wahabees [Waḥabī movement]; the issue of the Zanzibar subsidy; and Syud Azan’s claims to Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ‘Abbas], Gwadur [Gwadar], Charbar [Chabahar] and other territories on the Mekran Coast
- Affairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including: the campaign of Colonel Lewis Pelly in Bahrein and the installation of Esau bin Ali [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] as Ruler; trade and shipping in the Gulf; the desire of the Shah of Persia for a naval presence in the Gulf; Dutch and Turkish [Ottoman] activity in the region; and tensions between Bahrein and the Wahabees, including Wahabee inroads in the Guttur peninsula [Qatar]
- Affairs in Affghanistan [Afghanistan], including relations with Bokhara [Emirate of Bukhara] and Russia
- Central Asian affairs, including the Russian advance in the region, trade and communication from India to Central Asia via Cashmere [Kashmir] and Ladak [Ladakh], and affairs in Eastern Turkestan [Xinjiang]
- Affairs in Zanzibar, including the slave trade, relations with Muscat, the death of Syud Majid [Mājid bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and the accession to the throne of Syud Burgash [Barghash bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd]
- Affairs in and around Aden Settlement, including: relations with neighbouring polities, including Lahej [Laḥij Sultanate], Houshebi [Ḥawshabī Sultanate], Fodtheli [Faḍlī Sultanate], and Kathiree [Kathīrī Sultanate]; the purchase of Little Aden; the defences of Aden; an attack on Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] from Aseer [‘Asir] and the threat to Lahej from the Zaidees [Zaidīs]
- Affairs in the Red Sea, including attempted French, Austrian, Turkish, and Egyptian inroads in the region
- Affairs in Burmah [Burma/Myanmar], Bhootan [Bhutan], and Nipal [Nepal].
The primary correspondents are:
- The Government of India
- The Viceroy and Governor-General of India
- The Resident at Aden
- The Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Muscat
- The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Zanzibar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (395 folios)
- Arrangement
The abstracts are arranged in roughly chronological order. A detailed index of subjects, places and people mentioned in the correspondence is included on folios 384-393.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 395; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1870'
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